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(No Model.)

S. TILTON.

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BUTTER-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 356,180,'dated January 18 1887.

Application filed February 17, 1886. Serial No. 192,284. -(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SMILIE TILTON, of San Gorgonio, in the county of San Bernardino and Stateof California, have invented an Improved Butterrapper and I do hereby declare that tact in handling, and which costs little and is convenient in use. It is also useful for carrying lard and various other articles which are.

liable to damage or deterioration in carrying. Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a blank piece cut from a sheet of wood veneer or other suitable material and of proper form to make the wrapper. The body A may have a nearly rectangular form in general outline, and preferably has two extensions, B B, on opposite end edges, near one side edge, as shown in Fig. 1, for forming the heads to close the wrapper formed from the blank. If, however, the heads are dispensed with, as they may be, without essentially deteriorating from the usefulness of the wrapper, these extensions are omitted, as'shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 2 represents a side view of a finished wrapper made from the blank shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end View of the wrapper shown in Fig. 2. Fig. l is a view of a modified form of blank. Fig. 5 is a partial longitudinal section of one side of a wrapper, taken in a plane indicated by the line 1 1, Fig. 2.

The blank is bent or rolled into substantially a cylindrical form, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the lapped side edges, a b, are fast-.

ened together by suitable fasteners, as at c c,

which are represented in Figs. 2 and 5 as double-pointed strips of sheet metal bent around the lapped parts at the ends of the wrapper, and the points of the fasteners are then bent under and driven into the material of the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 5. The means of fastening may be varied without departing from my invention.

In addition to the fastening a tuck-extension, f, on one side edge of the blank piece is inserted through aslot or opening, 9, near the opposite edge, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

There may be scallops h h, or any other 01'- namental form, on the ends of the Wrapper.

The heads B B consist of disk-form main portions, connected by somewhat narrower necks z i with the ends of the wrapper. These necks are bent at right angles to bring the heads into position to form the ends, and the heads are providedwith extensions is k on the edges opposite to the necks, to form tucks, by bending at right angles to the heads to be inserted inside of the adjacent side of the wrapper. as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The wrappers are conveniently transported in blank form, closely packed, andhence at a very small expense even to great distances, and the blanks are then re'adilyformed into wrappers. v

I claim as my invention A wrapper for butter or other substance,

composed of a body, A, bent into substan-' tially cylindrical form, and having its adjacent edges overlapped, held at the middle of the overlapped joint by a tongue, 'f, and slot 9, and fastened together by suitable fastenings, c c, at the ends of the joint, substantially as herein set forth.

. SMILIE TILTON. Vitnesses:

O. W. 0. Bowen, ELMER E. HOWELL... 

